Create a Single Group I Create a Set of Groups I Add a Group Module

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Working with groups
  • Click Users and Groups on the Control Panel
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  • Click Groups
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  • This brings you to the groups page for the course
    • Any groups that have already been created will be displayed here
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  • There are two ways to create groups:
    • Create Single Group: only one group will be created
    • Create Group Set: a specified number of duplicate, numbered groups will be created
    • See below for how to use each


Create a Single Group
  • Click Create
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  • Either:
    • Click Self-Enroll (if you want students to enroll themselves in the group) OR
    • Click Manual Enroll (if you want to assign students to the group)
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  • Fill in name and other necessary information
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  • Set availability
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  • Select Tools and personalization settings for the group
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  • If you chose Self-Enroll,
    • Fill in name and other necessary information for Sign-up Options section
      • Maximum Number of Members
      • Show Members
      • Allow students to sign-up from the groups listing page
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  • If you chose Manual Enroll
    • Click Add Users, under Membership
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    • Either:
      • Select Users from the list OR
      • Search for Users using the search bar
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    • Click Submit
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Create a Set of Groups
This creates a specified number of duplicate, numbered groups.
  • Click Create
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  • Either:
    • Click Self-Enroll if you want students to enroll themselves in a group OR
    • Click Manual Enroll to assign students to each group OR
    • Click Random Enroll to randomly distribute the students into groups
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  • Fill out the group name, description, and availability options.
    • The name of each individual group will be the name you chose here plus a number (name1, name2, name3, etc.)
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  • Choose Tools and personalization settings for the groups
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  • Set availability
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  • If you chose self enroll
    • Fill in name and other necessary information for Sign-up Options section
      • Maximum Number of Members
      • Show Members
      • Allow students to sign-up from the groups listing page
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  • Click Submit
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  • If you chose Manual Enroll,
    • Specify how many groups you want to create
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    • Click Submit
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    • Choose your filter options
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    • To assign members
      • Click Add Users in Group
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      • Either:
        • Select Users from the list OR
        • Search for Users using the search bar
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      • Click Submit
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    • Click Submit
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  • If you chose Random Enroll
    • Decide how members are to be distributed to the groups and how to deal with extra students
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    • Click Submit
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Add Group Module
  • Go to Group page
  • Click Add Course Module OR Add Group Module
    • Group Modules: Group Assignments, Group Properties, and Group Tools
    • Course Modules are more numerous, and each has a description next to it.
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  • Click Add under any Tools you wish to add
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  • Click OK
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Group Tools
Collaboration: not currently supported
File Exchange: students can files that are accessible to the entire Group
Group Blog: Each member is able to create blog entries, that are again available to the entire Group
Group Discussion Board: A discussion board specifically for the members of the Group
Group Journal: Each member is able to create journal entries, that are again available to the entire Group
Group Tasks: Assign tasks to the Group
Group Wiki: Each member is able to create wiki pages, that are again available to the entire Group
Send Email: Send an email to every member of the Group